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Every case on SlaveryMap, drawn from public sources and shown with its location deliberately generalized to protect survivors.
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Mexico MX
Eight Colombian women who had been missing since January 5, 2024, when they were taken to a private party to be sexually exploited as escorts, were found alive in Villahermosa, Tabasco. Colombian authorities said they had been taken by a trafficking network allegedly led by a man linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Tabasco prosecutors took the women into protective custody.
Netherlands NL
Nigerian women were trafficked through Libya to the Netherlands for forced prostitution and controlled through voodoo rituals and debt bondage.
United States
Motel manager manipulated young woman's homelessness addiction and custody issues to compel hotel housekeeping labor and sexual compliance Accused: Georgia motel manager.
India
In IJM Bangalore's largest-ever operation, 260 people were rescued in a single day from bonded labor slavery in brick factories, after families in Odisha reported 60 relatives missing to trafficking. Accused: Brick kiln owners exploiting bonded labor recruited from Odisha.
United States
A married couple ran a scheme bringing Thai nationals to work at their Portland-area restaurants under fraudulent visas, then compelled their labor under the resulting debt. Accused: Tanya Jumroon and Paul Jumroon of Beaverton, Oregon.
Nigeria
Young women and girls from Edo State are systematically recruited with false job promises and trafficked through Libya to Europe for sexual exploitation, controlled through debt bondage and traditional oath-taking rituals. Accused: Trafficking networks operating recruitment pipelines from Edo State through Libya.
United Kingdom
Eastern European workers trafficked for cannabis cultivation in residential properties. Confined forced to tend plants under threat Accused: Albanian organized crime group.
Zambia
Human Rights Watch documented persistent labor abuses at Chinese-run copper mines, including forced 12-18 hour shifts, inadequate protective equipment, and threats against workers who refused unsafe conditions or tried to join unions. Accused: Chinese state-owned mining companies operating in Zambia's Copperbelt.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan women recruited for domestic work in Gulf states through fraudulent agencies. Abuse confinement wage theft Accused: Unlicensed recruitment agencies with Gulf networks.
United Arab Emirates
South Asian construction workers held in labor camps. Passports confiscated wages withheld threatened with deportation extreme heat conditions Accused: Construction subcontractor.
United Kingdom GB
Vulnerable women and children from Eastern Europe were trafficked into the UK and exploited by organized crime groups to commit large-scale shoplifting. Victims were housed in overcrowded accommodation and used to steal high-value retail goods for criminal networks.
United States
Sex trafficking ring used beatings threats starvation and manufactured debts to coerce adult and minor victims into commercial sex Accused: Ringleader and five accomplices.
United States US
H-2A farmworkers employed by Rancho Nuevo Harvesting in California, including Fresno County, experienced violations involving substandard housing, inadequate or spoiled food, unsafe transportation, failure to pay required transportation and subsistence costs, and failure to meet the H-2A three-fourths pay guarantee.
United States
A Denver-area man brought foreign nurses to the US under false pretenses via visa fraud, then collected much of their pay while threatening deportation if they complained. Accused: Kizzy Kalu of Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Uganda
Security companies recruited Ugandans to serve as guards in Middle East. Travel documents and pay withheld Accused: Ugandan recruitment agencies with Gulf partners.
Pakistan
Families trapped in bonded labor at brick kilns for generations. Children born into bondage working from age 5 Accused: Kiln owners holding hereditary debt claims.
Nepal
Families bonded in brick kilns despite official abolition. Advance payments with compounding interest made debts impossible to repay Accused: Brick kiln owners in Kathmandu Valley.
Rwanda RW
Refugee children in Rwanda, particularly those from DRC and Burundi, are highly vulnerable to trafficking. Researchers report that some parents in refugee camps receive money in exchange for their children’s work in domestic service or commercial sex. Traffickers also deceive families with false promises of better opportunities and exploit children in domestic servitude.
Malaysia MY
Hundreds of migrant workers, mainly from Bangladesh and Nepal, arrived in Malaysia after paying high recruitment fees for promised jobs that did not materialize. Many incurred substantial debts, while recruitment agents confiscated passports, leaving workers vulnerable to forced labor and severe destitution.
DR Congo
Adult miners in artisanal copper-cobalt sites working under armed guard. Wages withheld movement restricted injuries untreated Accused: Armed mining militia connected to supply chain middlemen.
United Kingdom GB
Vulnerable women were recruited in Romania and transported to the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation. The organized crime group operated an escort agency in London, took at least half of the victims’ earnings and charged them for transport, lodging and advertising, creating financial dependency. Threats and violence were used to maintain control.
Peru PE
In Peru's Madre de Dios region, illegal gold mining camps operate with forced labor, child labor and sex trafficking. Indigenous communities trapped in debt bondage are coerced into mining and logging, while the mining has caused about 139,000 hectares of deforestation and poisoned rivers with mercury.
Mexico
Trafficking ring recruited women from rural Tlaxcala with false romantic promises. Forced into commercial sexual exploitation in the capital Accused: Multi-generational trafficking family network.
Myanmar
Following a 2023 crackdown on cyber scam compounds along the China-Myanmar border, an estimated 45,000 Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in forced scam operations were repatriated to China. Accused: Chinese and Myanmar-based cyber scam syndicates operating compounds in northern Shan state.